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placing in its tip the most important, wondrous, and mysterious Polar Star, the central star of the
heavens, round which all others revolve...

The primitive truth that there were two, or a pair of constellations is preserved; and that of these two,
one is larger, and the other smaller. But what were they? We have the clue to the answer in the name
of the brightest star of the larger constellation, which is called Dubheh. Now Dubheh means “a herd
of animals.” In Hebrew, Dohver, is a fold; and hence in Chaldee it meant “wealth.” The Hebrew
Dohveh means “rest or security”; and certainly there is not much of either to be found or enjoyed
with bears!...

Here are the two Sheepfolds then; the Greater fold, and Lesser; and here is the rest and security
which the flocks will find therein.

But in Hebrew there is a word very similar in sound, though not in spelling - dohv, which means “a
bear!” So we find that in Arabic dub; Persian deeb and dob. We can see, therefore, how the Hebrew
Dohver , a fold, and Dohv, a bear, were confused; and how the Arabic Dubah, cattle, might easily
have been mistaken by the Greeks, and understood as a bear.

The Pleiades and Hyades, two congregations of Yahweh’s people observed in Taurus, find their
parallel in the Greater and Lesser Sheepfolds of Cancer. It seems fitting that as we near the end of the
celestial prophecy that we find a foretelling of the security of those whom the Seed of the woman
would save from the tyranny of the great dragon and serpent of old. Yahshua testified:

John 10:27-29
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give aionian life to them, and
they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them
to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.”

In the final decan for this constellation, we observe a continuation of this theme. The final sign is
Argo (the Ship). Some have suggested that this is none other than the ark of Noah serving as a symbol
of those whom God has saved from destruction. Significantly, in Kircher’s Egyptian Planisphere Argo
is represented by two galleys (Egyptian ships) who have at the prow the figure of a Ram, and one of
the ships has a fish’s tail at the stern. Of further significance, the constellation Argo is immense in
size. This is a fitting corollary to the testimony of John in the book of Revelation. After recounting
the number of the overcomers, 12,000 from each of the twelve tribes of Israel, John writes:

Revelation 7:9
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no one could count, from every
nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed
in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands...

So here are two companies. One small, and one great in size. They are both secure as they stand in
the presence of Yahweh and of the Lamb. William Banks writes:

Argo graphically represents the joyous, victorious completion of that journey and mission as the